Renaissance: Rebirth of Classical Ideals

Databases (Found at **library website** under "Reference.")

1. Grolier: User name=novel643, password= novel
2. Ebsco: User name and password = eroosevelt

United Streaming - Videos, Images, Articles

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2. Passcode= FDED-45A8

Websites

**http://www.learner.org/interactives/renaissance/** This website explains causes of the shift that led Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. This will be very useful for background material upon which you can build your project.

http://www.mos.org/leonardo/bio.html From Boston Museum of Science, this website is a fun, interactive way to explore Leonardo.

http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=624 - There is a wealth of links on this site.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/leonardo/gallery/ - Images of and information about Leonardo's paintings.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/leon/hd_leon.htm - Information on Leonardo's drawings and some of his most famous paintings.

http://www.mos.org/sln/Leonardo/InvestigatingAerialP.html - This page explains how Leonardo used aerial perspective to make his paintings as realistic as possible.

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_3_1b.html - Description of a Madonna and Child by Leonardo from the famous Hermitage Museum.

http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/galleria/ - This site has photos of models created by engineers based upon the drawings of Leonardo.

http://www.museoscienza.org/english/leonardo/manoscritti/default.asp - Architectural drawings